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A very small nitpick: "cosmonaut" implies a Russian astronaut [1]. Calling someone a "Russian cosmonaut" goes against the DRY principles ;) [1] https://en.m.w
by muditmudit 3y ago
A very small nitpick: "cosmonaut" implies a Russian astronaut [1].
Calling someone a "Russian cosmonaut" goes against the DRY principles ;)
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut#Cosmonaut https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut#Cosmonaut
- falcor84 3y ago> goes against the DRY principles ;) Nitpicking, "DRY" is a principle, so you probably meant to say "goes against DRY ;)"
- Nux 3y agoIn Romanian and other languages "cosmonaut" and "astronaut" can be used interchangeably.
- Detrytus 3y agoSame in Polish. Actually, in my childhood, some of which was still under communism, "cosmonaut" was in use, "astronaut" came in the 90s, with Hollywood movies.
- bhickey 3y agoWell actually... There have been non-Russian Soviet bloc cosmonauts. For example — https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miros%C5%82aw_Hermaszewski https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miros%C5%82aw_Hermaszewski https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Klimuk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Klimuk
- Rebelgecko 3y agoIMO it's marginally useful to specify that he isn't Soviet or from another former Soviet country that uses the term